- Dmitry Berestov
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Olympic medal record Competitor for 
RussiaMen's weightlifting Olympic Games Gold 2004 Athens -105 kg Dmitry Vladimirovitch Berestov (Russian: Дмитрий Владимирович Берестов; born June 13, 1980 in Moscow) is a Russian weightlifter who won the gold medal in the 105 kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He is 186 cm/6 ft 1 tall and weighs 105 kg/231 lb.
In July 2006, Berestov failed a drugs test and is now facing a two-year competition ban.[1]
References
- ^ Berestov is disqualified for two years Gazeta.ru 13 July 2006
Olympic Champions in Weightlifting Heavyweight 1920–1948: +82.5 kg, 1952–1968: +90 kg, 1972–1976: 90–110 kg, 1980–1992: 100–110 kg, 1996: 99–108 kg, 2000–2008: 94–105 kg 1920: Filippo Bottino • 1924: Giuseppe Tonani • 1928: Josef Straßberger • 1932: Jaroslav Skobla • 1936: Josef Manger • 1948+1952: John Davis • 1956: Paul Anderson • 1960: Yury Vlasov • 1964+1968: Leonid Zhabotinsky • 1972: Jaan Talts • 1976: Yury Zaitsev • 1980: Leonid Taranenko • 1984: Norberto Oberburger • 1988: Yury Zakharevich • 1992: Ronny Weller • 1996: Timur Taymazov • 2000: Hossein Tavakkoli • 2004: Dmitry Berestov • 2008: Andrei AramnauCategories:- 1980 births
- Living people
- Russian weightlifters
- Weightlifters at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic weightlifters of Russia
- Olympic gold medalists for Russia
- People from Moscow
- Olympic medalists in weightlifting
- European weightlifting biography stubs
- Russian Olympic medalist stubs
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